Well, the first one was Real Housewives of Orange County, which started soon after the show The OC did, so they were "real" in the sense of "not actors."
It's also a play on "Desperate Housewives"
It's like, in the middle of all this, I'm paranoid that you'll think I don't like poetry.
Buffy ,'Empty Places'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Jessica - Jun 26, 2009 5:36:16 am PDT #14097 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
sj - Jun 26, 2009 5:36:19 am PDT #14098 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
{{{Kristin}}} Feel better.
Aims - Jun 26, 2009 5:42:53 am PDT #14099 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Like I said, I might just be cranky.
I will say that I *loved* the RH of Atlanta. They seemed more real to me than any other group.
Barb - Jun 26, 2009 5:44:14 am PDT #14100 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
I am definitely sick with Drew's F2F cold.
::cuddles with Pix in the sickies corner::
We need Cabana Boys with restorative soups and teas and gentle back rubs.
Fay - Jun 26, 2009 5:44:50 am PDT #14101 of 30000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
It's also a play on "Desperate Housewives"
I must confess that, not having seen the show, the title had made me assume that it was a docusoap type show about real people from the same rich-bitch social background as the characters on Desperate Housewives, rather than a show about typical, or normal housewives.
Aims - Jun 26, 2009 5:51:19 am PDT #14102 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
It is and I'm sure that reasonable, rational, intelligent people (such as Buffistas) know that it's not really honest true housewives, but I'm cranky and have chosen this as my thing today.
Down with rich housewives! A pox on their Prada!
Toddson - Jun 26, 2009 5:57:48 am PDT #14103 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I think a lot of shows give a distorted picture of what "real" life is. I mean, how many of them show people having to actually work at a job (not something exciting, but the boring kind most of us have), deal with finances, cope with commutes, deal with children who have meltdowns and aren't constantly spouting off sassy one-liners, etc.? Going by a lot of them, you either have an exciting job with life-or-death situations all the time or an office where you wander in and schmooze, with an occasional gesture to work. That job pays enough that you can live in a nice place with spiffy furniture and, when your friends drop by, you always have food and drink handy. grr
tommyrot - Jun 26, 2009 6:00:44 am PDT #14104 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I mean, how many of them show people having to actually work at a job (not something exciting, but the boring kind most of us have), deal with finances, cope with commutes, deal with children who have meltdowns and aren't constantly spouting off sassy one-liners, etc.?
But how many people would watch a show like that? Most people want to watch people with idealized lives, or else shows like Cops, where they can watch people who are bigger fuckups than they are...
Laura - Jun 26, 2009 6:04:12 am PDT #14105 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Roseanne and Malcolm in the Middle were more reality shows. At least in my housewife experience.
DCJensen - Jun 26, 2009 6:08:38 am PDT #14106 of 30000
All is well that ends in pizza.
From Slashdot:
Doctors affled by girl who doesn't age
Whoa. My first thought was "maybe she's a harbinger of a race of humans who will live to be 1000."